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Is it tooo late to start revision for gcses to aim for straight 9s - help please

I was wondering if it is too late to start revising for straight 9s at gcse when alot of my subjects aren't at that level!

edexcel maths - 8 but exam anxiety has got me a 7 recently
further maths - mock is yet to come!
aqa higher triple sciences :

- physics=8 but would like a 9 as it is one of my a level options
- chemistry=8 but need a 9 as i want it to be one the best grades as it is also one of my a level options
- biology=9 but i don't really care as i'm not doing it for alevel

aqa eng lit and lang - 7 - would like a 9 but a 8 is good enough for me in those subjects
ocr b geography - 9
aqa design technology textiles - 9 all of my coursework is now complete only the exam remains which i can get a 9 in
aqa fine art - currently on 8 for my unfinished exam book but i want a 9 by the end which i will need to discuss with my teacher
aqa RS - Islam and Christianity - 7 but i don't really care

I would really appreciate any advice and tips and how i can achieve my goal quickly as little time remains!
(edited 1 month ago)

Reply 1

Original post
by Blue tulip
I was wondering if it is too late to start revising for straight 9s at gcse when alot of my subjects aren't at that level!
edexcel maths - 8 but exam anxiety has got me a 7 recently
further maths - mock is yet to come!
aqa higher triple sciences :
- physics=8 but would like a 9 as it is one of my a level options
- chemistry=8 but need a 9 as i want it to be one the best grades as it is also one of my a level options
- biology=9 but i don't really care as i'm not doing it for alevel
aqa eng lit and lang - 7 - would like a 9 but a 8 is good enough for me in those subjects
ocr b geography - 9
aqa design technology textiles - 9 all of my coursework is now complete only the exam remains which i can get a 9 in
aqa fine art - currently on 8 for my unfinished exam book but i want a 9 by the end which i will need to discuss with my teacher
aqa RS - Islam and Christianity - 7 but i don't really care
I would really appreciate any advice and tips and how i can achieve my goal quickly as little time remains!

English don't do eny thing esy
Maths just practice
Since watch a cell video

Reply 2

Original post
by Blue tulip
I was wondering if it is too late to start revising for straight 9s at gcse when alot of my subjects aren't at that level!
edexcel maths - 8 but exam anxiety has got me a 7 recently
further maths - mock is yet to come!
aqa higher triple sciences :
- physics=8 but would like a 9 as it is one of my a level options
- chemistry=8 but need a 9 as i want it to be one the best grades as it is also one of my a level options
- biology=9 but i don't really care as i'm not doing it for alevel
aqa eng lit and lang - 7 - would like a 9 but a 8 is good enough for me in those subjects
ocr b geography - 9
aqa design technology textiles - 9 all of my coursework is now complete only the exam remains which i can get a 9 in
aqa fine art - currently on 8 for my unfinished exam book but i want a 9 by the end which i will need to discuss with my teacher
aqa RS - Islam and Christianity - 7 but i don't really care
I would really appreciate any advice and tips and how i can achieve my goal quickly as little time remains!

Hi !! Considering you are already at rlly solid grades jumping up to a 9 is more than possible at this stage .I achieved 7 9s and 3 8s last year and my mock grades this time were lower than yours .For sciences and maths you just have to do every single past paper possible (there were sm qs from my year that I have seen come up before ) and for English I was stuck on a 7 for the longest time but for lit watch mr salles although his ideas are sometimes too complex ,including different analysis rlly helps you stand out and if you want to pay money the light up hub does have good analysis although you definitely don’t need it .For language it is all about making the most different interpretations that other students wldnt have picked up on, so just look on mark schemes to see what level 5 responses would have picked up on but obv timing is rlly important and sticking to structures as much as possible . You got this !!!

Reply 3

Original post
by Blue tulip
I was wondering if it is too late to start revising for straight 9s at gcse when alot of my subjects aren't at that level!
edexcel maths - 8 but exam anxiety has got me a 7 recently
further maths - mock is yet to come!
aqa higher triple sciences :
- physics=8 but would like a 9 as it is one of my a level options
- chemistry=8 but need a 9 as i want it to be one the best grades as it is also one of my a level options
- biology=9 but i don't really care as i'm not doing it for alevel
aqa eng lit and lang - 7 - would like a 9 but a 8 is good enough for me in those subjects
ocr b geography - 9
aqa design technology textiles - 9 all of my coursework is now complete only the exam remains which i can get a 9 in
aqa fine art - currently on 8 for my unfinished exam book but i want a 9 by the end which i will need to discuss with my teacher
aqa RS - Islam and Christianity - 7 but i don't really care
I would really appreciate any advice and tips and how i can achieve my goal quickly as little time remains!

If you've been able to get an average of an 8 without revising, then you're doing fine for time. For most subjects, just spam past papers.

Reply 4

Thank you for all your tips and advice 😊

Reply 5

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by Sofiastudee
Hi !! Considering you are already at rlly solid grades jumping up to a 9 is more than possible at this stage .I achieved 7 9s and 3 8s last year and my mock grades this time were lower than yours .For sciences and maths you just have to do every single past paper possible (there were sm qs from my year that I have seen come up before ) and for English I was stuck on a 7 for the longest time but for lit watch mr salles although his ideas are sometimes too complex ,including different analysis rlly helps you stand out and if you want to pay money the light up hub does have good analysis although you definitely don’t need it .For language it is all about making the most different interpretations that other students wldnt have picked up on, so just look on mark schemes to see what level 5 responses would have picked up on but obv timing is rlly important and sticking to structures as much as possible . You got this !!!

Thank you so much for the tips... for the section b of the language papers do you have any tips as the most i have got is 28! 😊

Reply 6

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by Blue tulip
Thank you so much for the tips... for the section b of the language papers do you have any tips as the most i have got is 28! 😊

Hii for section b honestly I js planned a bunch of good descriptive settings that I would use no matter what . I planned a scary setting of a coffin and even tho it didn’t fit to our question I was able to make it work . I lowk used chat gpt for a few but best to avoid it. Also you get marks on punctuation so use a different piece in each para and one line paragraphs so defo take advantage of that 🙂*↕️

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